3 arrested on drug charges in Windsor after gas station incident

Nov. 21, 2013

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A shoplifting incident at a Windsor 7-Eleven ended in several arrests for heroin possession early Tuesday morning.

Windsor police responded to the gas station, located at 629 Main St., at around 9:30 p.m. Monday after receiving reports of a theft in progress, according to Windsor Police Department arrest documents. When officers arrived, they noticed Daniel Gildsorf, 22, sitting in a car in the parking lot with Joseph Romero, 23. Because Gildsorf, a Greeley resident, matched the description of the theft suspect, police questioned him and later found syringes and heroin on him and in his car.

Romero, of Fort Collins, had hypodermic needles and a spoon with heroin residue in his possession, according to the documents, and,was arrested along with Gildsorf.

Rachel Pherson, 20, came to the gas station with Gildsorf and Romero but was inside the 7-Eleven when officers showed arrived. Though Pherson did not have drugs on her when officers arrived, they later found drug paraphernalia in her Windsor home, as well as a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine, according to the police documents. Pherson was arrested for possession of a controlled substance (meth), possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana by a person under the age of 21, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

“We seldom see heroin in our community, but obviously it is present,” Windsor Police Chief John Michaels said about the arrests.

The report of a theft in progress originally came from the 7-Eleven when Gildorf was noticed putting candy in his pockets and walking around the store before putting it back on the shelves. Police learned that Gildsorf is believed to have stolen items from that location before, but it was never reported.

According to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office website, Gildsorf was still in custody as of Wednesday afternoon, while Pherson and Romero were not.